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First, get some clean meadow moss ; wash it and 

 wring it nearly dry, then fill a vessel of the shape 

 of a gallon measure. Let some common earth 

 worms be dug, of a middle size, enough to fill half 

 a pint ; put the worms as fast as dug into a basin 

 of clean water ; take all that are alive and not 

 broken, of a suitable size, and put them in a heap 

 upon the top of the moss, into w^hich on the fol- 

 lowing day, they will be found to have buried 

 themselves, leaving the earth with which they 

 were filled, upon the surface. The moss and 

 worms must then be taken out, both washed sep- 

 arately, the broken worms picked out, and the 

 living ones placed as before. This, if repeated 

 two or three times will be sufficient, and will ren- 

 der them bright, clean and lively, in which state 

 they may be kept, occasionally sprinkling the moss 

 with a little milk, for many days. 



As it respects the sea-trout, we have confined 

 our remarks thus far to a few particular places, but 

 it is proper to state that though the last mentioned 

 water is the main resort of visiters to Sandwich, 

 whence it is distant about ten miles ; that town is 

 the most remarkable for its abundance of this fine 

 fish of any other in the State ; so much so, that it 

 was for years frequented not only by those who 

 delight in the pursuit of angling, but also by those 

 who set quite as much value upon them as one of 



